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Jazmin Ricks and high school students from Paul Robeson High School at Cobbs Creek.

Jazmin Ricks teaches students from Paul Robeson High School during the 2022 Cobbs Creek Summer Enrichment program.

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A hub for water innovation and leadership

As the Water Center marks five years on campus, Penn Today takes a look at its achievements, ongoing projects, and plans for the future.

Liana F. Wait

Climate change will raise sea levels, cause apocalyptic floods and displace almost a billion people
Salon.com

Climate change will raise sea levels, cause apocalyptic floods and displace almost a billion people

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the displacement of hundreds of millions of climate refugees is inevitable but would take place over a much more manageable timeline if carbon emissions were immediately reduced, as opposed to continuing with current rates of fossil fuel burning.

How an oil giant took control of Biden's billion-dollar bet on carbon capture
Bloomberg

How an oil giant took control of Biden's billion-dollar bet on carbon capture

Danny Cullenward of the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the Weitzman School of Design says that there’s a strong case for gigaton-scale carbon removal but criticizes oil company Occidental’s claim that such technology will enable the continuation of oil production.

Green energy transition may leave some workers behind
A worker inside a windmill.

Image: iStock/Jacinto benavente madrid

Green energy transition may leave some workers behind

New research from Penn’s School of Social Policy & Practice shows both potential and unequal opportunities in the green jobs market.

From the School of Social Policy & Practice

Heat, floods, fire: Was summer 2023 the new normal?
The Wall Street Journal

Heat, floods, fire: Was summer 2023 the new normal?

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences explains why a warmer planet is causing persistent weather extremes, in addition to extreme heat.